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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972
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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971

The 1970–71 Irish League was the 70th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Linfield (C) 22 18 2 2 58 16 3.625 38 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Glentoran 22 16 3 3 52 17 3.059 35 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Distillery 22 13 4 5 51 29 1.759 30 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Coleraine 22 12 2 8 43 32 1.344 26 Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5 Ballymena United 22 8 7 7 34 28 1.214 23
6 Ards 22 8 5 9 30 37 0.811 21
7 Crusaders 22 7 6 9 24 45 0.533 20
8 Bangor 22 7 5 10 21 34 0.618 19
9 Derry City 22 7 5 10 45 46 0.978 19
10 Glenavon 22 5 3 14 39 55 0.709 13
11 Cliftonville 22 3 6 13 26 53 0.491 12
12 Portadown 22 2 4 16 24 55 0.436 8
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CLI COL CRU DIS DER GLV GLT LIN POR
Ards 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–4 3–2 4–2 2–2 2–1 3–2
Bangor 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 3–3 2–1 3–6 0–3 0–1 2–0
Ballymena United 0–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 4–2 0–2 1–2 1–1
Cliftonville 3–3 1–3 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–4 1–1 3–1 1–5 3–1 4–2
Coleraine 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 6–0 1–0 4–2 4–2 3–1 1–3 3–2
Crusaders 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 0–4 1–0 3–4 0–4 0–4 3–1
Distillery 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–5 6–3
Derry City 3–1 1–0 2–2 5–2 4–2 4–0 1–3 3–3 0–3 3–3 4–1
Glenavon 1–3 3–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 2–2 0–1 3–4 1–2 0–2 1–3
Glentoran 4–0 1–0 0–2 5–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 4–1 0–3 3–0
Linfield 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 7–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 5–0
Portadown 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–4 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–2
Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970-71_Irish_League
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